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"The X Files" The Pine Bluff Variant (1998)



Overview

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Director:
Rob Bowman
Writers:
Chris Carter (creator)
John Shiban (written by)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
3 May 1998 (Season 5, Episode 18)
Plot:
During an undercover sting operation on a terrorist organization, Mulder appears to help the suspect escape... more | add synopsis
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Title Meaning more (4 total)

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)

David Duchovny ... Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson ... Dana Scully

Mitch Pileggi ... Walter Skinner
Daniel von Bargen ... Haley
Michael MacRae ... August Bremer
Sam Anderson ... Leamus
J.B. Bivens ... Field Agent
Douglas Arthurs ... Skin-Head Man (as Douglas H. Arthurs)

John B. Lowe ... Dr. Leavitt
Ralph J. Alderman ... Manager (as Ralph Alderman)

Dean McKenzie ... Army Tech
Kate Braidwood ... The Usherette
Armin Moattar ... Goatee Man
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Michael McRae ... August Bremer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Argentina:60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
Argentina:13

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The motel from which Mulder calls Haley is named the Aaron Burr Motor Court, which is what Scully recalls as the name of the motel in "Bad Blood". more
Quotes:
Mulder: [leaving the room to go under cover] If you don't hear from me by midnight... Feed my fish... more
Movie Connections:
References The Maltese Falcon (1931) more

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Title Meaning, 11 August 2009
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Author: Greta L from Canada

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

In response to Sanpaco13's comment, I checked on the meaning behind the title of the episode, and think I understand. Pine Bluff Arsenal is an American Military base in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, which is mainly known for its storage and development of chemical weapons. Scully suggests this to Skinner as the site of the development of a strain of Streptococcus bacteria that she speculates is the basis of the deadly toxin used in the episode:

Scully: (on phone) "Now CIA intelligence suggested that this biotoxin was stolen from the Russians. But my research indicates that it was almost certainly developed domestically." Skinner: "The United States has no bioweapons Agent Scully. President Nixon dismantled the program in 1969." Scully: "Yes sir, that's what we've been told. But the CDC database contains evidence of a Streptococcus bacterium being developed by the Army's Pine Bluff facility in the 1960s. it appears to be very primitive strain of what we're seeing here."

The chemical weapon used in this episode is a variant of the one developed at Pine Bluff, hence the name Pine Bluff Variant. :)

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